Obama said Al Queda was never in Iraq until we came? True or False?

Question

I know Al Queda is Iraq now but before this war started they weren't even in Iraq. Barack Obama knows that too but he did say at a rally that there was no Al Queda in Iraq before the war...This is a serious question so answer with serious answer!!!

Answer 1

Yes he did, I will try to find a link for you.



Sen. John McCain questioned Sen. Barack Obama's way of handling the war in Iraq.McCain questioned whether Obama was aware of the al Qaeda base. Obama's response was: "There was no such thing as al Qaeda in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq."



Here you go.



http://www.wral.com/golo/blogpost/2500776/

Answer 2

First of all Obama like the consummate politician he has diverted the question. Its called smoke and mirrors. The war in Iraq was started to eliminate Sadam Hussein a viable threat at the time. Again, you can not judge decision in history by applying today's knowledge and standards. It is what it was at the time. (Hussein by the way is Obama's middle name). There were no objections from the democrats at the time, as they were on board with the idea as was everyone. Anyhow it does not matter if they were in there or not. They are now there. I took Obama's comment to mean that the reason Al Queda was in Iraq is because we went to war with Sadam Hussein. Some how he implies that Al Quada was justified in entering Iraq because we invaded Iraq. Granted I am sure Sadam and his boys would have eliminated Al Queda should they have entered Iraq during his regime, as he did everyone else who opposed him. Barack seems timid on terrorism. He has never been a Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine and I doubt seriously he knows what he is talking about when it comes to war. Think about it, a man with no combat experience, no military experience debating with a man who has had more experience then he cares to have. Who would hate the idea of war more then a man who suffered dearly because of it. Sort of like me telling my doctor about medicine.



So I don't think Al Queda was in Iraq before we invaided but we should fear Al Queda's involvement whenever we make a move. Thats how they become powerful, through fear.

Answer 3

even if there had been Al-Qaeda in Iraq before the war, at least then it was more Saddam Hussein's problem, not ours. for better or worse, Hussein kept the country in firm control and in one piece (notwithstanding that Iraq should always have been 3 separate countries from the getgo...). what we've basically done in invading Iraq is to assume all the risks Hussein used to have. it's like buying a stock in a company that is poorly managed and going nowhere fast. who in their right mind would do that?

Answer 4

Verifiably false...though that doesn't mean that Saddam Hussein was colluding with Al Qaida. In fact, he probably saw them as a threat to his power, but they were in an area he did not fully control (that being northeastern Kurdish areas near the Iranian border).



Of course, a lot more of Al Qaida moved in after the war started.



The irony was Obama saying he would go back into Iraq if Al Qaida established a base there. Uh, hello?!!!!! Dude, ever heard of what they now call "Al Qaida in Iraq?"



Like it or not, Al Qaida has a disruptive presence in Iraq now and the next president will have to deal with it.

Answer 5

I believe it's from inside information that only he, Hillary, AlQaeda, Code Pink, World Can't Wait, ActUp, Falun Gong, the democrats, Cindy Sheehan and other leftist extremist liberal groups only know.....



He copied it from a commercial where the politician slammed McCain and said that Iraq was not in deep trouble until the United States Military "invaded and occupied" that country..... Didn't Hillary also accuse Obama of plagiarizing? That's proof that Obama does not know what he's talking about because he's probably also a coward that did not serve in the US Military because all liberals are anti-American.

Answer 6

He's trying to say that A/Q came to Iraq only to fight the American's, how anyone can know that is true is beyond me.

Answer 7

the clarification why he reported it really is because the different documentations of him conserving what he reported many years in the past is lost or destroyed. next difficulty Cheney will say in many years from now should be this "i changed into, and performance continually been adversarial to torture, or any good interrogation procedures, inclusive of water boarding" "I easily have instructed the Democratic party about the injustice and it has fallen on deaf ears and Pelosi changed into thoroughly attentive to this seriousness and in simple terms idea i changed into joking" Mark my words because it really is going to ensue. even as any evidence is destroyed or lost, Republicans have a perfect danger of weaseling out of any mission

Answer 8

We did not go into Iraq after terrorists. The first time we went to Iraq was at the request of allies who had been invaded or felt they were going to be invaded. Had the commanding general of that conflict been allowed to push on to Bagdad to go after the leader of Iraq, as he requested to do, we would not be there now. Pres. GH Bush succumbed to the will of the liberal congress, and halted the operation short of that objective. As a result, we are there now. This (the second) Iraq conflict is about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction (we know they did-even defecting Iraqi army officers say they did, and we know they used them on the Kurds-we gave them 90 days to get rid of them) and Iraq's refusal to comply with treaties and/or UN sanctions.



For anyone to say that Al Queda was never in Iraq until we went there is like saying that Al Queda was never in America before 9/11. His statement feeds off the short memories that Americans tend to have and uses misinformation peddled by our news reporting mechanisms to convince you of something that is patently unprovable or not true.



Someone should challenge Obama to quote legitimate source. Just like he demanded Clinton produce her plan to bring 5 mil. jobs back to America. He won't be able to.



Remember that right now the job of the politician is to win the election-not for the people, not for themselves, not for what is right, but so that their party can be in power. The war is increasingly unpopular, he is feeding off of that. Americans are notoriously lazy about learning truth, and he is playing off of that. Don't be fooled-he is saying something that he cannot prove, a false and misleading statement, designed to lead the misinformed to the polls to vote for him.



Before you all jump on me for dogging liberals, Obama, Clinton, or any of the rest of them, know this. None of the people running for office are worth the powder it would take to blow them to h**l. I was in the first road trip to Iraq, that was my division officer who got shot down in Bagdad, and because the stomachless, spineless, weak willed government and people of this fair country did not want to do what needed done the first time, I had to send two sons the second time (thank god they got home safely and my apologies to those who have lost theirs in this conflict-we really wanted to end it the first time but were told no). Politics is no longer about the people, it is about holding power.



I will tell you what you should have learned in high school:



Challenge every statement a politician makes. Make them prove their lies. Ask them for statistics, references, and/or witnesses. If they cannot do so, then challenge them to talk about something they can. If America does not control the politician, the politician controls America. This is what the founding fathers warned us about. Put your questions in letters to the editor of every newspaper in your town and Washington DC. READ EVERY SIDE OF THE STORY then decide for yourself what is true. Then challenge the politician to prove you wrong.



After the second world war we saw politics turn in to a profession rather than a calling. Since then we have gotten our butts kicked in every conflct we have been in, the worst economic problems in our short history, been attacked on our own shores, had the people turn against their defenders, and our leaders insist "It ain't my fault"



How much better we are now!

Answer 9

true